Barbara Adachi is the National Managing Principal for Deloitte LLP’s award-winning Women’s Initiative (WIN). In this role, she devotes her energy to building on the remarkable foundation of WIN, which Deloitte started 16 years ago, to drive marketplace growth and create a culture where the best (women and men) choose to be. Before taking on this role, she led the Northern Pacific region WIN activities for five years.
Barbara is the new national Chief Talent Officer for Human Capital Consulting. Prior to this, Barbara led Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Human Capital Practice for the West region for eight years where she was responsible for financial performance and operations, talent recruitment and development, and delivery of human capital consulting services across the region. She joined Deloitte in 1990 to start the Bay Area Human Capital practice in San Francisco and specializes in total rewards, health benefits strategy and plan design. Barbara still actively serves clients including one of the largest employers in the state.
In addition, Barbara serves on the board of Deloitte Consulting LLP. She has been named one of the “100 Most Influential Women in Business” by San Francisco Business Times from 2003 through 2009. Additionally, Barbara was named “Women Worth Watching in 2009” by Profiles in Diversity Magazine.
Barbara also serves on the boards of Girl Scouts of the USA, Professional Business Women of California Advisory Council, Santa Clara University HR Leadership Advisory Board and Blue Cross of California Consumer Relations Committee. She was chair of the 2007 American Heart Association (AHA) Go Red Luncheon for San Francisco Bay Area and continues to be active with the AHA.
On the personal side, Barbara and her husband of 32 years, Ted, live in San Mateo and have a daughter, Allison, who works for a television production company in New York. Ted and Allison often describe Barbara as the “energizer bunny”--she is always running around trying to make the most of every day. This works well except when her battery runs out and she comes to a complete stop--except for her favorite hobbies which are entertaining and shopping, which she always seems to find the time and energy to do!
